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Galatians 4

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3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Galatians 4:3. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 48
Editorial Notes 0
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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

Οὕτω καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἦμεν δεδουλωμένοι·

13 word entries
Οὕτω
Lemma
outwv
Transliteration
outwv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G3779
Occurrences
213
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ἡμεῖς
Lemma
hmeiv
Transliteration
hmeiv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
126
ὅτε
Lemma
ote
Transliteration
ote
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G3753
Occurrences
106
ἦμεν
Lemma
hmen
Transliteration
hmen
Morphology
Greek: verb imperfect active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
11
νήπιοι
Lemma
nhpioi
Transliteration
nhpioi
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3516
Occurrences
2
ὑπὸ
Lemma
upo
Transliteration
upo
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G5259
Occurrences
192
τὰ
Lemma
ta
Transliteration
ta
Morphology
Greek: article accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
853
στοιχεῖα
Transliteration
stoiceia
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4747
Occurrences
6
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
κόσμου
Lemma
kosmou
Transliteration
kosmou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
73
ἦμεν
Lemma
hmen
Transliteration
hmen
Morphology
Greek: verb imperfect active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
11
δεδουλωμένοι
Transliteration
dedoulwmenoi
Morphology
Greek: verb perfect passive participle nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1402
Occurrences
1
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel

Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.

οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἤμεθα δεδουλωμένοι·

13 word entries
οὕτως
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G3779
Occurrences
208
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
ἡμεῖς,
Morphology
P-1NP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G2249
Occurrences
862
ὅτε
Lemma
ὅτε
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G3753
Occurrences
100
ἦμεν
Morphology
V-IAI-1P
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
νήπιοι,
Morphology
A-NPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3516
Occurrences
14
ὑπὸ
Lemma
ὑπό
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G5259
Occurrences
221
τὰ
Lemma
Morphology
T-APN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
στοιχεῖα
Morphology
N-APN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4747
Occurrences
7
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
κόσμου
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
184
ἤμεθα
Morphology
V-IMI-1P
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
δεδουλωμένοι·
Morphology
V-RPP-NPM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1402
Occurrences
8
Syriac Peshitta New Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: New Testament

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܗܟܢܐ ܐܦ ܚܢܢ ܟܕ ܝܠܘܕܐ ܗܘܝܢ ܬܚܝܬ ܐܣܛܘܟܣܘܗܝ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܡܫܥܒܕܝܢ ܗܘܝܢ

11 word entries
ܗܟܢܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hkn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
220
ܐܦ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܦ
Transliteration
'p
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
544
ܚܢܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܚܢܢ
Transliteration
hnn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
184
ܟܕ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܟܕ
Transliteration
kd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
730
ܝܠܘܕܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
ylwd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
9
ܗܘܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hwyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
85
ܬܚܝܬ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
thyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
49
ܐܣܛܘܟܣܘܗܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'stwkswhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܕܥܠܡܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
d'lm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
73
ܡܫܥܒܕܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
msh'bdyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
2
ܗܘܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hwyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
85
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

ita et nos cum essemus parvuli, sub elementis mundi eramus servientes.

11 word entries
ita
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ita
Transliteration
ita
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
439
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
nos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nos
Transliteration
nos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1585
cum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
cum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
5272
essemus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
essemus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
parvuli
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
parvuli
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
137
sub
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sub
Transliteration
sub
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
330
elementis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
elementis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
9
mundi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mundus
Transliteration
mundi
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
322
eramus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
eramus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
servientes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
seruio
Transliteration
servientes
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
283

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Colossians 2:20

If you died with Christ from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

12 relevance votes

Colossians 2:8

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elemental spirits of the world, and not after Christ.

12 relevance votes

Galatians 4:9

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?

11 relevance votes

Galatians 2:4

This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

9 relevance votes

Acts 15:10

Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

5 relevance votes

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For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

4 relevance votes

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Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.

3 relevance votes

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For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.

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Then why is there the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

2 relevance votes

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“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

2 relevance votes

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